'Songs of Peace and Love' 21 November 1965

Before Folk Festivals began in Australia, the folksingers did this sort of thing. 21st November 1965 in the Sydney Myer Music Bowl. 'Songs of Peace and Love' sponsored by the Vietnam day Committee. 10,000 people were there. Speakers were Dr Jim Cairns and Rev. David Pope.
Singers were Glenn Tomasetti, Tina Lawton, Mick Counihan, Brian Mooney, Peter Dickie, Mark Gregory, David Lumsden, Gary Shearston (obscured in the photo) Lynne St John and Phil Vinnicombe.

The Almanac Singers – Song For Bridges

The Rebels' Song (1936)

The Rebels' Song (1936)

Dispossessions threaten; mark the ungloved hand.
Politicians waltzing to the financial band.
Justice overridden ; scorned the trusty plough ;
South-West farmers muster ; prove your metal now.

Gather round your, leaders ; let right, not might, control,
For liberty and justice, come, every man enrol,
Vain has been our pleading, deaf the ear of power ;
Promises misleading served up by the hour.

Gather, round your leaders ! Be fed no more on lies,
Suffer not in serfdom; South-West farmers rise !
Air our, noble effort—all we have at stake;
Repossessions threaten; South-West farmers wake !

W. R. BLAKELEY.

This song from the height of the Great Depression illustrates the use of poetry and song in the face of corrupt government and financial institutions in Australia. Today's exposures by the Banking Royal Commission provides the existence of a similar culture, undermining farmers and bank customers alike. 

PM Morrison and his Muppets

Cartoon by Cathy Wilcox

Dock Boggs: Pretty Polly (1966)